St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-09-06
He is Accused of the Brutal
Outrage of a Young Cir 1 ao
in West st. Paul. ,o1
The Victim in a Critical G ON
dition--Something Of Reds 6
Past History.
He Has Shaken the Twin Cities
and is Stopping in
Chicago. ID

that of Hal Reid. An idle, good natured
and well informed young man, with a
taste for verses and drama, but other
wise unobjectionable, no one regarded
him as other than well-meaning dandy,
perfectly harmless. A story has come
to light, however, which shows him up
in an entirely different character, and if
true in every particular, will probably
forever rid this community of his pres
ence, unless he is returned to answer
for a crime the proof of which will land
him in Saltwater, For some weeks past
Reid has been missed from his accus-
toned haunts in Minneapolis, but it
was very well known he had gone to St.
Paul and had secured an en-
gagement at the West St. Paul
opera house, under the name of Harold
Rutledge. Whatever may have been his
histrionic brilliancy, no reports of him
reached Minneapolis until yesterday,
when it was reported he had been guilty
Of a crime almost as black as that with
which Lou Murry is charged with.
Since the commission of the bestial
otfenSe Reid has disappeared, but it was
said last night he had version of the
story which would tend to considerably
tighten up the dark places, as now
given. The story is as follows:
Maud COulStOn is the name of a young
an engagement at the West st. Paul
opera house. She is an attractive girl,
and at once caught the eye of Reid, who
began paying her such attention as
caused apprehension on the part of
Mrs. Fred Williams, her sister.
She, however, looked upon Reid S
an empty-headed dude, and made
no comment. The sisters boarded at
233 Congress street and, they allege,
Reid planned to get them separated for
the purpose of accomplishing his de-
signs ON the younger. On Friday after
noon an opportunity occurred. Mrs.
Williams expressed a desire to go to
Minneapolis to see her husband and
Reid remarked that he wanted to send a
note to his father and would pay Mrs.
Williams expenses if she would carry
it. She agreed and went on her mis-
sion. Maud accompanied her portion
of the way, Reid going to her room to
await her return. When she came back
and found him there she began to re-
treat, but he said he wanted to speak to
her. Having once detained her, he in
timated his wishes, whereuponS she
turned to run, but he caught her, threw
her upon the bed and wrought her ruin.
From the stories told by the
girl, her sister and by the
attendant physicians, the assault
must have been brutal in the extreme,
as the girl was left unconscious on the
bed when the rayisher departed. When
the sister returned Reid was still about
the place and they met at supper, the
scene between them being exciting and
dramatic. Reid then disappeared, and
it is believed he went to Chicago.
The young victim was brought to
Minneapolis yesterday morning, and is
now in critical condition at the home
of her mother, at COG First avenue north.
The household is plunged in the deep
est misery and despair, and it was a
difficult matter to obtain a lucid state
ment. DR.. Brinley, who Is attending
the sufferer, says she was an undOubted
virgin, and has been subjected to most
fiendish assault. Her nervous system
has undergone severe and serious
shock, but he has strong hope of her
ultimate recovery. Her aged mother is
Frustrated over the affair, and her con-
dition, too, is serious.
The report of the affair created pro-
found impression about the city, where
Reid is so we'll known. The only SYM
pathy expressed for his side of the case
was on account of his family, which is
eminently respectable. DR.. Reid. his
father, was very much affected and was
an object of general sympathy. Hal
Reid has wife and child, but his mar
ried life has been anything but a poem.
He married in Cincinnati and after
leaving his wife and child, tried to get
possession of the latter by habeas
Fol IN sa1, !,
carried the child off. The matter was
amicably adjusted, but complete rec
onciliation never took place. For the
past two years he has posed as man
about town, writing amorous verses for
the Tribune and posting himself in the
foyer of the Grand opera. For time
he edited trade paper, but failed to
make glittering success of it.
WHERE THE CRIME WAS DONE.
81 didn't know anything about it until
last highland its a good thing for the
scoundrel that l didn't" said James
S. Kimball, at whose residence, No. 233
East Congress street, Mrs. Williams and
her unfortunate young sister boarded.
Mr.. Kimball is foreman in the yards of
the Minnesota & Northwestern railway.
and was at his work when the deed was
done. There was nobody in the house
at the time, Mrs. Kimball being absent
at a neighbors. Mr.. KimbalI denied
that there was any blood found on the
bed clothes or any evidence of a
struggle about the room where
the assault took place. Mrs. Williams,
the elder sister, returned from Mime
apolis at 6 o'clock and went to her
apartments in Mr.. Kimball's house. To
her and her only the outraged girl told
the story. Mrs. Williams held the
secret until yesterday for the reason,
she says, that she did not wish to have
her aged and infirm mother learn of the
affair, fearing she would be unable to
survive the shock. Hal Ried did not
lose the use of his gall, but sat down at
the table where all the talent at the
West Side Opera house took their meals,
at Mr.. Spencer's boarding house, 27S
East Congress street, that evening, the
same as usual Mrs. Williams came
in while he was there. When
the other boarders had all gone out ac-.
cording to the story of the dining-room
girl employed at Spencer's, Mrs. Will
Jams passed few words with Reid, and
threw cup of boiling hot coffee inlhis
face, without warning. He started to
run and she Sprang upon him, scratch,
ing him in the face and larcerating his
classical features with her finger-nailS.,
Reid ran out of the door and the servant
called Mr.. Spencer from the parlor and
told him what had TRANSFERRED. Mrs.
Williams offered no explanation to-
Spencer at that time, and Reid escaped.
1t was after the performance
at the West Side opera house that night
that Mrs. Williams told her late man.
ager, Scott Gum, the full particulars,
with the request that it be kept secret.
Miss Coulston
LAY IN BED
at Mr.. Kimball'S house until yesterday
morning, when she was removed to the
depot in carriage and conveyed to her
present quarters in Minneapolis. Reid
returned to Spencer's house shortly
after the affair at the supper table and
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